Insole for slippers.



No. 628,339. v Patented July 4, |899. A. LENNON.

INSOLE FOR SLIPPERS.

(Application Bled Mar. 8, 1898.)

(No Modl.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW LENNON, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

INSOLE FOR SLIPPERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,339, dated July 4, 1899. l Application filed March 8, 1898. Serial No. 673,140. (No model.)

T all ra177/071e it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW LENNON, of the city of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insoles for Sli ppers,&c. and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to that class of insoles usually formed of an outer thickness of leather, a thickness of leather-board or paper,

t an inner layer of lambs-wool, and atape eX- Lending along the edge, to which the upper may be conveniently sewed. Heretofore such insoles have been made in which a line of stitching has passed completely through the thickness of leath'er, the leather-board, and the tape, which construction not only entails difficulty in stitching, but tends under the recurring bending action of a sole when in use to weaken the edges of the leather-board or paper and gradually break and'cut saine.

My invention has for its object not only to avoid the necessity of stitching through the leather-boardor paper, thus overcoming the objection before noted, but to produce an insole of this class superior in point of durability, compactness, and finish to those so far produced, as well as presenting the tap thereof in a much more convenient position for stitching the upper thereto.

The invention consists in the use of a welt vthe outer edge of which is stitched to the edge of the outer-leather sole, with a tape between such edges, so that upon the welt being drawn inward and cemented to the inner thickness of leather-board or paper all the parts are firmly held together and the tape projects vertically from or at right angles to thesole.

For full comprehension, however, of the invention reference must be had to the anneXed drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which like symbols indicate corresponding parts, and wherein- Figure lis a plan view of my improved insole in condition to receive the layer of lambswool; Fig. 2, a cross-section of same on line 2 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a complete insole, and Fig. 4 a cross-section of a complete slipper containing my insole.

a is the outer leather; b, the inner leatherboard or cardboard; c, the tape; d, the welt,

` constituting the main feature of my invention; e, the lining, of lambs-Wool, and f the upper of a slipper.

In constructing the insole the length of tape c is folded along its length and laid upon the outer leather a, with the back or round of the fold projecting slightly beyond the edge of such leather,l the welt d being then placed upon the tape with its outer edge in line with the outer edge of the leather d and the three parts connected together by a line of stitching g close to the o uter edge of the welt, thus leaving the remaining portion of such welt free. The leather-board b is now inserted beneath the welt, and by drawing this latter inward at every point and cementing it, as at h, to the leather-board the edges of the outer leather are drawn or turned upward over the edges of the inner leather-board and the tape caused to project vertically, as shown in Fig. 2, thus facilitating the connection of the upper f thereto by the stitching 7c taking through such tape vand upper. Before attaching the upper, however, the lambs-wool lining e is cemented over the welt and leatherboard, its edges fitting very closely to the upwardly-projecting tape, as shown.

What I claim is as follows:

1. The combination in an insole, of an outer leather, an inner leather-board, a tape anda welt, both secured to the edge of the outer leather, and the tape being interposed between the outer leather and the welt, and the latter cemented to the leather-board, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination in an insole of an outer leather, a-n inner leather-board, a tape folded along its length, and a welt, both stitched to the edge of the outer leather, the tape being interposed between the outer leather and the welt, andthe latter drawn inward and cemented to the leather-board, the drawing inward of the welt serving to project the tape upwardly at right-angles to the sole as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW LENNON.

Witnesses:

FRED. .T SEARa R. A. C. KIMBER. 

